This video is the lesson for German Yes/No Questions — Flipping the Word Order in the free A1 course — with the grammar written out, vocabulary and exercises.
Learn how German yes/no questions work. Start from a statement, where the verb is in second position (Du sprichst Deutsch), then move the conjugated verb to the front to ask a question (Sprichst du Deutsch?). Worked examples show the verb jumping forward every time, and warn against relying on intonation only.
Du sprichst Deutsch. → Sprichst du Deutsch?
Er wohnt in Berlin. → Wohnt er in Berlin?
Sie kommt morgen. → Kommt sie morgen?
Wir gehen ins Kino. → Gehen wir ins Kino?
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Here is the verb rule a In
sprichst Deutsch The verb is second In a question
Sprichst du Deutsch The verb jumps to position one That is the whole trick
example 1
Statement
Er wohnt in Berlin He lives in Berlin
Question
Wohnt er in Berlin
Does he live in Berlin
The verb wohnt moves to the
Example two
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